Pressing-machine



D. H. BENJAMIN.

PRESSING MACHINE.

APPLICATIONTILED MAR. 12. 1917.

,327, 976. Patented J an; 13, 1920.

un $119M q AZZ YS- unrrnosmrns PATENT OF ICE DANA H. BENJAMIN, 0FCLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OHIO, ASSIGNOK TO THE ALIEBICAN LAUNDRY HRCHINEBYCOMPANY, OF CINGINNATLOHIO, A QOBPOBATION OF OHIO.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 13, 1920.

Application mama-ch42, 1917.- Serial m5. 154,211.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANA H. BnNgAMIN, citizen of the United States,-residing at 'Cleveland Heights, in the county of Cuyahoga and State ofOhio, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements inPressing-Machines, of which the followmg 1s a specification. I

This invention relates to pressing machines, and more particularly towhat are known as sleeve stickers. Machmes of th1s kind are used forironingand thereby st cking together the sleeves of laundried shirts, todo away with the insert on of plns and yet hold the cuffs in the desiredcurved flarin form. 1

he object of the invention is to provide a simple form of machine forironing shirt sleeves, which can be readily operated; whose.

output is large as compared with prior machines for this purpose; whlchWlll. take care of either sleeve and give a proper finish to the sleevefacing; and which embodies guiding and holding means for the sleeve sothat a uniform product with a superior finish and appearance may beobtamed.

Further objects of the inventlon are 1n part obvious and in part willappear more in detail hereinafter.

The invention comprises the pressing machine hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the drawings, which represent one embodiment of the invention, Figure1 is a side elevation; and Fig. 2 is a front vlew,

on a larger scale, showing a sleeve in pos1- tion to be pressed.

The machine shown in the drawlngs comprises a suitable frame having abase 1 in the form of a hollow column providedwith two spaced platforms2 to which are rigidly secured the feet 3 of a curved upper frame member4 whose arched upper portion 5 supports a stationary pressing or ironingmember 6, preferably heated by a supply of steam or other heating mediumdelivered thereto by pipe 7. Base 1 is provided with suitable guides fora vertically slidable rod 8 having a suitable screw adjusting device 9to vary its effective length. Said rod, at its up or end, supports themovable pressing mem or 10, which may also be heated by steam introducedto its inner chamber through pipe 11.

Any suitable means may be provided for reciprocating the movablepressing member to produce cooperating pressing movement between thepressing a members. As illustrated rod 8 is jointed at its lower end tothe upper link 12 of a pair of toggle links, the lower link 13 of whichis one arm of a bell crank lever whose other arm 14 is formed as a foot.treadle.

By pressing down on the foot treadle the lower member is elevated intopressing relation with the upper member and pressure is applied to irona. sleeve lying between said members. When the foot treadle is releasedthe lower pressing member drops by gravity and may be cushioned toprevent shock by springs or other devices (not shown) as will beObVlOllS.

Either or both of the pressing members may be provided with suitablepadding, and the drawings-show the upper or stationary member as havinga plain metal ironing surface cooperating with the padding 15 of thelower member.

Suitable means is also provided for guiding the sleeve to be ironed toits place and for assisting the operator in holdin said sleeve whlleironing the same. For th1s purpose a thin metal plate 16 is located atone s1de of the pressin members, said plate lymg in a vertical p ane andhaving a narrow slot 17 with one end open at the front of the machine,the opposite end of said slot being closed and serving as an abutmentfor a purpose which will appear hereinafter.

If both pressing members are movable, as they may be, said slot will belocated 0 posite the'place where the pressing mem ers come together, butas one member is stationary in themachine shown the plate is so locatedthat the slot lies parallel with the edge of the stationary pressingmember and-just below its lower pressing face. Said plate may beattached to any suitable support, such as the mam frame, but is shown asrigidly connected by bolts or screws 18 to the upper pressing member.

In using the machine the operator slips the sleeve into the slot withthe cuff protrudlng beyond the guide plate, as. shown in Fig. 2 untilone edge of the sleeve abuts the closed end of the slot 17 which locatesthe sleeve in properposition to be pressed. The facing along one edge ofthe sleeve slit is held The sleeve is pulled or stretched lengthwise toremove wrinkles and folds, the thick plies ables all of the sleeve b ofthe cufi preventing it from being drawn through slot 17. The plate,however, en-

position between the ressing members and insures pressing the s eeveuniformly up to a oint close to the cuff.

referabl the machine is arranged for pressing eit er ri ht or leftsleeves. As the facing strips on t e two sleeves are on oppositeedges ofthe sleeve slit it is therefore convenient to use two plates 16 locatedon opposite sides of the ressin members Y one plate for receiving t e onof one sleeve and the other plate the cuff of the other sleeve. Bothplates are of course detachable from their supports to enable thepadding on the pressing members to be readily applied or removed, asdesired;

The machine described is of simple form and enables the sleeves to beironed rapidly and with uniform excellence of finish and always formsand preserves the curved flare of the cuff most desired.

\Vhat I claim is 1. A sleeve sticker, comprising relatively movablepressing members having cooperaty to be pulled into,

ing pressing surfaces, and a sleeve mem er provided with a narrow slotlying guiding opposite the space between said pressing members, saidslot being open at one end and closed at the other to form a sleevelocating abutment.

2. A sleeve sticker, comprising cooperating relatively movable pressingmembers, and sleeve gulding and supporting means having a narrow slot atone side of one of said members for a left sleeve and a narrow slot atthe other side of said member for a right sleeve.

3. A sleeve sticker, comprising cooperating relatively movable ipressing members, and

sleeve guiding and supporting means hav- DANA H. BENJAMIN.

